Ministry of Textiles
Post Budget Webinar on Union Budget 2023-24
PM VIshwakarma KAushal Samman 
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed a Post Budget Webinar on ‘PM VIshwakarma KAushal Samman’ today. It was dedicated to newly announced scheme PM VIKAS for providing holistic support to the artisans and crafts persons which are so far not covered under any of schemes of GOI.
The special address by the Prime Minister was followed by four parallel breakout sessions on  Access to affordable finance, including incentives for digital transactions and social security,  Advanced skill training and access to modern tools and technology,  Marketing support for linkages with domestic and global markets and  Structure of the scheme, identification of beneficiaries and implementation framework. The panel included expert artisans from respective fields, officials from Central Ministries and State Governments and representatives from Banks, other financial institutions, Private organizations, Associations and e-commerce platforms.
The third breakout session on ‘Marketing support for linkages with domestic and global markets’ was moderated by Ms Shubhra, Development Commissioner, Handicraft and Handloom, Ministry of Textiles. The session focused on the framework of marketing support for domestic and global markets to be provided in the newly conceived scheme. It covered discussion on improving market avenues for the artisans, creating backward and forward linkages, publicity, advertising, quality certification, packaging and logistics support to be provided to artisans. The panelists included expert artisans Shri Shubham Satpute , Shri Bihari Lal Prajapati  and Shri M. Manikandan ). The other panelists included Shri Abhishek Chandra , Shri Irfan Alam , Smt. Prachi Bhuchar , Shri P. Gopalakrishnan  and Shri Rajkumar Malhotra . The session brought out various valuable suggestions which will enable a meaningful formulation of scheme structure.
The fourth breakout session on ‘Structure of the scheme and implementation framework’, moderated by the Ministry of MSME focused primarily on implementation framework of the scheme, role of stakeholders, rate of interest, guarantee coverage, convergence with other schemes, mechanism for identification of beneficiaries etc. The panelists included expert artisans Padma Shri Shri V.K. Munusamy ), Shri Vishwanathan Achary  and Ms. Kevisedenuo Margaret Zinyu . The other panelists included Shri Amit Mohan Prasad , Ms Mudita Mishra , Shri Mukesh Kumar Bansal , Shri Krishna Kumar Dwivedi , Shri Vinit Kumar  and Ms. Shalini Pandey .
The breakout sessions were followed by a closing session co-headed by Smt. Rachana Shah, Secretary  and Shri B.B. Swain, Secretary . The moderators of the breakout sessions included Dr Rajneesh, AS&DC , Shri Nilambuj Sharan , Ms. Shubhra  and Shri Mukesh Kumar Bansal, JS . The panelists summarized the points emerging out of the discussions held in the respective sessions.
The closing session was followed by an address by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Textiles. He highlighted how the post budget webinars organized by the Government is adding value to the policy discourse. He emphasized the need of convergence of PM VIKAS scheme with the existing schemes in other Ministry/Departments. He also mentioned the importance of breaking the silos in implementation of this scheme. The session also witnessed the presence of Minister of MSME along with Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Minister of State for MSME and Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Minister of State for Textiles.